TWO JAPANESE KOZUKA'S (2)

Meiji Period
One having a brass handle decorated in relief with a tiger and a coiled dragon, the steel blade with a Japanese character mark, length 18.5cm; together with another having a black painted handle decorated in relief with a Dog of Fo and with a slightly curved steel blade, length 17cm (2)

Condition report:

Brass handled knife has some old small solder repairs to the seam of the handle, the blade with some pitting

The other with some loss of black paint, the end of the handle with some damage and splits